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Briefly summarize the life of Linus Pauling and his contributions to the area of chemical bonding.

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Linus Pauling was born in 1901 and died in 1994 and his achievements and struggles are a remarkable mirror of an era. Pauling is the only person to date to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes -- for Chemistry in 1954 and for Peace in 1962 -- though he and others felt that the Peace Prize should have been shared with his wife, Ava Helen Pauling. As the Nobel Prizes indicate, Pauling was both a renowned scientist and a dedicated peace activist. His scientific discoveries and his efforts to end ...

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